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ltso happened duging the past summer
that this fair princess desired to pay
some Moslem rites upon the grave or
her mother, who died the summer be-
fore nponSthe Bosphprus.sN She came to
G;soQnstantin0ple. Coz Hsrp physicians ordered
her to Prinkipo fs,rhere she took Ia
house near ours, emu, as in duty bounds
| make g.lk my yoiys. Ny 9awlfe.inyiles
her to ride In our laltnch amid theIisles
of tour cbsantIt,il little archipelago:
Without much afeneetloN II procure Ia
carriage. drive to tile villa Of the prii-
cess aud tap the knocxer. Her man
servant comes to tbs door, and soon SHE
appears radiant In all the beauty Of her
white tulie yashpaa and as stately as
became one of ths line Of Mehemet
All. [ assist hariSinto the carriage.
She sits by the Fs&le i OF my wife and
they make the glYBslous Frenchl tncan.
descent witlrtheiE talk. We drive to
tho scala. where slilag and,the launch,
await us. Unfortunately atthis time
one OF the ferries from Constantinople
comes in and lands about a thousand
passengers. TheySsee tho Giaour, with
the stovepipe hat, He is. gallanting 3
Mohammedatig gla1y. The rumor
reaches the kalmakam, or governor of
the island. We return to the scal,
after our sail amoag the islands. we
drive her to her Bone la the carriage,
which is waiting. What IS the result I
Before ! take the boat that day for
Constantinople my driver, horses and
carriage are arrested by order Of the
kalmakaml
sshiiii5 sEin9eed aHSadyenture not pro.
vlded for by any Instructions from the
STATE department.. at once. I send d
remonstrance to the kaimakam against
the arrest Of one IA the employ Of the
American minister Iti is couched In
unabridg terms such as are embraced
in the word intertsrritoriality.
IS It's needless TO say thatt this proceed
Ing reached the pfefect in the city, and
[ fear the sultan and the palace also.i
There has3been an apparent insractlon
Of the, Turkish liW, which yforDids a
Mahoihetan womaa p unless sof sprincely'
rank, to be seen apon$ thetstreet with,
any man, and especially a Chrls-l
tan, The plug tatsmade prima facIei
case. However me matter was eoor-S
-Uas1y .tissll, siluu uId nave peen. el5 !.
Tor tue kairnakam had exceeded hial
authority. It was matter outside Of.
his l$jurisdictioh. His conduct was
arbitrary. 81 He had no warrant or pro. /
cess for the seizure Of the horses, the
driver or carriage. If there had not
been an Oriental princess in the case
who exhibited some ss1sibillty in rela.l
tion to her royal lndependency, which
.perhaps she had I, oYer-stepped the
matter might have 1gured in our
diplomatic correspondence AS it was,
the affair was properly isattled without
a pursuit Of the governor. My impress
sionis that he did not know the quality
OF the lady nor the capacity of the
minister. L had occasionlto remedy at
the palace any seeming mischief whic;l
may have been done. The princess
left US the next day, which was the be-
ginning OF. Bairam, in order to sacrifice
sheep upon the grave of her mother.
She was devout Moslem, as well as a
most charming and intelligent woman.
am sorry to undignify the kaimakam
of the Princes Islands, who produced
so much trouble IN thisromance Of the
prlncess.f Since LEFT the island he has
become IN exkaimakam. This means
an unknown quantity not only in
algebra, but III politics. He was re-
moved from Office, He has been i'm
mindful Of the relation Of rneum ct
tun'n. He overdrew his salary by
more than $4,000, an act without
legality OH his part, or satisfaction on
the other part.
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